Dozens of local swimmers qualified for this week’s state championship meets with their performances in regional meets this past weekend.

The weekend was highlighted by five gold medals won by Lincoln County at — four for Lincoln Charter and one for East Lincoln. The Lincoln Charter girls finished runner-up at the 1A/2A West regional Friday at the Huntersville Family Fitness and Aquatic Center.

Gaston County’s highest finishes in the 3A West regional Saturday in Huntersville were the silver medals won by Forestview’s girls 200-yard medley relay team and South Point diver Mary Ellen Torgonski. The Jaguars’ relay team included Carley Emerson, Cassie Adams, Cassie Ward and Sarah Covington. Torgonski scored 404.10 in the 1-meter diving.

The state meets are scheduled for later this week at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, starting with the 4A meet on Thursday, then the 3A meet on Friday and the 1A/2A meet on Saturday. The diving portions of the meets will be held separately at the Pullen Aquatic Center in Raleigh with 4A on Wednesday, 3A Thursday and 1A/2A Friday.